July 21, 2006

New Duties, Old Rewards

To the Editor:

Nancy Cantor and Steven D. Lavine raise an important point in "Taking Public Scholarship Seriously" (The Chronicle Review, June 9). The vast majority of academic institutions do not reward faculty members for public scholarship. But the problem extends far beyond this specific issue.

Although today many institutions want their faculty members to engage in a variety of activities and take on many roles, the reward system has not evolved along with the changing

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